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“The Chelsea link is an obvious one because of my career there and it might mean we’ve had a pretty good season here and I’m happy with that.

“Monday is huge for this club. It’s huge for me and I want to make sure that any Derby fans that might say ‘what’s Frank thinking?’, I’m absolutely thinking about this game and after the game I will sit with Mel (Morris, Derby owner) and say whatever the result where are we going forward with the club?”

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Frank Lampard says reaching the Championship play-off final with Derby is up there with the best highlights of his career.

Lampard had a glittering career as a player that included 11 major trophies including three Premier League titles and the Champions League.

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Frank Lampard lifts the Champions League in 2012

His Derby side will take on Aston Villa at Wembley on Monday, with commentary live on talkSPORT, with a place in the top flight up for grabs.

Lampard told talkSPORT’s Ian Abrahams: “It’s right up there. I can’t say it’s above winning the Champions League because we aren’t there yet and haven’t won promotion.

“Winning the Champions League was an incredible feeling as a player, you can’t get any higher than that.

“In terms of the different type of job I’ve had to do with the responsibility, which is much more taxing than being a player, means the feeling and sensation is right up there with those big nights you talk about.”

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John Terry is current assistant manager at Aston Villa

Lampard will go up against former Chelsea team-mate John Terry on Monday, who is assistant manager at Villa.

It is just one of a number of links to their former club with young Blues players on loan at both respective clubs.

“I have appreciated that a lot of Chelsea fans have supported us,” Lampard added. “I know they love seeing the younger players do so well.

“Now we come up against JT and the boys and it levels out slightly. I’m delighted to go up against John and Dean (Smith). I have huge respect for Dean as a manager and John as well.

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“If there is anyone we are going to up against, so be it. Hopefully we win and if we don’t I will shake their hands and wish them very well with the connection we’ve got. We are both trying to do the same thing and be successful.

“This game is a bit of a crucial moment obviously. I’m pleased I’m going up against someone like John as it means he’s had a great year.”

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Listen back IN FULL as talkSPORT’s Laura Woods sat down for an exclusive chat with Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino ahead of the Champions League final against Liverpool.

We caught up with the Spurs boss at the club’s Enfield Training Centre this week to check in on his side’s preparations for the Madrid showdown, and ask about his plans for the future.

The Argentine also revealed his love for Game of Thrones – although not for the final season or its much-discussed ending – and explained why he always has a giant bowl of lemons in his office…

… and why he has to replace them when he gets a visit from Spurs chairman Daniel Levy!

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You’re going to need more lemons, Mauricio!

“They attract the bad energy,” the Spurs boss said.

“A lot of people come in and out of my office and not all the people have good energy.

“So when people arrive with bad every, the energy is going to be in the lemon and not in myself. It’s like a sponge, it takes all the negatively.

“You can see it, it’s unbelievable! I change the lemons every ten days but sometimes every three or four days, they become ugly.

“When Daniel Levy is not around my office, they last one month, but when he is coming in and out, they last a week!”

Pochettino also reflected on the roller-coaster of emotions he felt as he watched Tottenham’s stunning semi-final comeback against Ajax from the sidelines.

Spurs looked dead and buried when Ajax scored twice in Amsterdam to give them a 3-0 aggregate lead, but Lucas Moura sparked pandemonium as his late hat-trick saw the north London side progress on away goals.

The manager was pictured sinking to his knees in tears at the final whistle, and then joining his team in wild celebrations on the pitch.

“It was a massive achievement for us,” he explained. “It was one of our dreams when we started the process here at Tottenham.

Pochettino was in tears at the full time whistle

“We’ve worked so hard and we have shared a lot of tough moments, so when you achieve something that nobody believed was possible, it is very emotional.

“And of course, we know how hard we work to reach this level, which is why it is difficult to keep your emotions inside.

“When Lucas Moura scored that third goal, in this moment I lost my head, I lost my composure and I nearly regretted it. When the referee said, ‘one minute more’, I wanted to kill myself!

“We were celebrating before we finished the game and in that moment we realised what a big mistake we were making because we jumped and ran inside the pitch and we believed the game was finished, but then we needed to defend again for one minute. It was the longest minute of my life.

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Pochettino admits he got a little carried away after his team’s stunning win in Amsterdam

“The best memory is when we finished, it was amazing – a big hug with my people, my son, the players, the staff. It’s an amazing memory.

“We got back to the lodge at Tottenham, were sitting on the sofa, watching the repeat of the match and we opened a bottle of Argentinan red wine. It was 3 o’clock that we arrived at the lodge and it was difficult to go to sleep because we were still in disbelief over what had happened a few hours before.”

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Speaking in an exclusive interview with talkSPORT’s Sam Matterface, the legendary Arsenal boss said: “First of all I believe in England people work well.

“Secondly it’s a consequence of dominant financial power of the English clubs and basically, as well, the collapse of traditionally strong European teams.

“When I say collapse, it’s Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Juventus – why? Because the players who made the difference in all these clubs have aged, and are not in the position anymore to make that difference.

“The dominant players at Bayern Munich were Frank Ribery and Arjen Robben and today they don’t have the physical potential to do it.

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Robben and Ribery have been at Bayern Munich for 10 years and 12 years, respectively, winning numerous titles

“It’s the same at Barcelona, who have lost players like Xavi and Inesta, Real Madrid have lost Ronaldo, at Juventus Giorgio Chiellini is aging and Gigi Buffon is not there anymore.

“So it’s the simultaneous strength of England and the collapse of the other big dominant forces before, who will now be on the market.

“What I can promise you, is that we will have a very interesting transfer period, an interesting battle, this summer.”

It’s been a year since Wenger ended his 22-year spell in charge of Arsenal and, having yet to return to the game, his future plans have dominated the headlines in recent weeks.

Speaking to talkSPORT, he vowed to return to football ‘soon’ but was coy in what capacity.

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The Blues owner is set to make the trip to Baku having not been to a single game in 2018/19 due to visa trouble

Roman Abramovich will watch his first competitive Chelsea match in a year when he takes his seat in the stands for their Europa League final match with Arsenal in Baku.

Abramovich, 52, did not attend any matches at Stamford Bridge during the 2018/19 campaign due to the denial of a visa extension by the UK government, following increasing tensions with his native Russia.

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Roman Abramovich should be in Baku to watch Chelsea

However Abramovich, who took control of the Blues in 2003, is expected to be in Azerbaijan next Wednesday as his club look to win the trophy for the first time since 2013.

He also put plans to redevelop Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge stadium on hold amid his visa troubles, leading to suggestions he is no longer willing to invest in the club, something later denied by chairman Bruce Buck.